PIKE TWP. U.S. Rep. Zack Space, D-Dover, wants assurances from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency that a change in regional administrators will not slow efforts to correct problems at Countywide landfill.
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Space calls for more oversight at Countywide landfill
June 3rd, 2008 · No Comments
Tags: Canton Rep · Landfill Press Coverage · US Congress · US EPA News
Air-sniffing RV monitors Countywide landfill
June 3rd, 2008 · No Comments
BOLIVAR The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today brought in an air-monitoring vehicle to investigate whether toxic compounds are being emitted at unsafe levels from the Countywide landfill.
Tags: Canton Rep · Governmental News · Landfill Press Coverage · Odor · US EPA News
ABJ: EPA conducts tests at landfill in Stark
June 2nd, 2008 · No Comments
Equipment can detect, track airborne contaminants
BOLIVAR: Using a bus equipped with a high-tech mobile laboratory, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency conducted air-quality tests Wednesday on and near the Countywide Recycling & Disposal Facility in southern Stark County.
Tags: Akron Beacon Journal · Landfill Press Coverage · Odor · US EPA News
EPA: Fire spreading - New firebreak sought, landfill odors would worsen
February 7th, 2008 · No Comments
Reaction was swift Wednesday to a request for federal expertise in an effort for […]
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U.S. EPA urges fast action by Stark landfill
February 2nd, 2008 · No Comments
02/02/08 - The US EPA is urging Countywide to cooperate with the federal investigation and to quickly implement measures designed to correct the situation at the landfill. It also calls for increased groundwater monitoring and expanded monitoring and testing of the air around the landfill. See article in the Akron Beacon Journal.
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Feds step up involvement at Countywide landfill
February 1st, 2008 · No Comments
While the state has overseen the effort to control a serious aluminum dross waste […]
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Visitors at Countywide - Space happy that U.S. EPA recently visited controversial facility
December 28th, 2007 · No Comments
12/28/2007 - Four US EPA staffers made a site visit to Countywide and requested information on aluminum dross, leachate, slope stability, and other collected data regarding the history of the situation. Tuscarawas County Commissioner Kerry Metzger expressed hope that this was a response to the letter the Joint Solid Waste District sent to the US […]
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Federal eyes on landfill - U.S. EPA ‘very aware’ of Countywide concerns
December 12th, 2007 · No Comments
12/20/2007 - US Representative Zack Space spoke with EPA Region 5 Administrator Mary Gade and her staff in Chicago via teleconference. He was assured that the US EPA is aware of the situation at Countywide and is keeping an eye on things. See article in the Times-Reporter.
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Dispute goes national: U.S. EPA to be asked to review issues at Countywide
November 3rd, 2007 · No Comments
11/3/07 - After an executive session at the meeting of the board of directors of the Joint Solid Waste Management District, Kerry Metzger presented 18 pages of public records concerning Countywide Landfill. The records, which included internal correspondence, emails, a timeline of events, and other information, were submitted by an anonymous source in the OEPA […]
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